Venetasoft

Yesterday morning we brought you news of a new app for devices running the Windows Phone 8.1 Preview for Developers. Movie Maker 8.1 is made by Venetasoft, and it is the first app to leverage the new video editing APIs of the updated OS, allowing you to use slow motion, clip, crop and eventually add filters and more to your movies.

At the time, we told you the developer had plans for many updates and new features, and last night the first of those updates went through. Version 1.1.24 is now live in the Store, and it includes a few fixes and improvements.

Venetasoft normally makes appearances around these parts because of their Windows Phones apps such as Turbo Camera and Security Toolkit. But the company also works on Windows Phone development components and has recently released LiveMailMessage.

Microsoft recently held a Windows Phone developers contest in Italy, "Appload and Win", where developers were challenged to create an app and upload it to the Marketplace for a chance at €20,100 in prizes.

Venetasoft walked away with first prize of €3500 for their Windows Phone app Security Toolkit. It's a rather neat Windows Phone app that turns your Windows Phone into a security station with alarms and audio/video recorders. You can even turn your Windows Phone into a security camera by streaming videos to your PC using the companion desktop app.

In celebration of winning the Appload and Win contest, Venetasoft is sharing the joy. All of their apps (that you can find here) will be offered for free for one week. This includes the Security Toolkit, Intrusion Alarm, TurboCamera, WebCam Viewer and more.

Venetasoft has just thrown the switch to offer the apps for free. The changes should be seen on the Marketplace within the next 48 hours.